All these esports "journalists"

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Nachtel

are elitist af. They happen to be in a few players' dms and then proceed to scoff at the little man like james_ff trying to make it in a hard-to-enter scene

"You can't simply call yourself a journalist" my ass

all you do is pad out 2 paragraphs out of every tweet from @Valorant_Esports; you never write anything original and I doubt you've put more than a half hour's worth of effort into any article you've ever written

This man is doing god's work scanning streams for scrim info and you essentially call him a lowlife for putting more effort than you ever have?

My theory is they're scared for their jobs if someone like James enters their field and does their job better than they ever did the moment he gains access to the connections they have

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bodork isnt included, he chill, hes even offered to help out james_ff, guidance and help with networkin and stuff like that
james and bodork my goat reporters

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Nachtel

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truth

BoDork and whocars my goats

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spookmeister

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who cars 😭 RIP
but yeah bodork is coolio
he even manages to talk like a normal user when he posts on the site
its incredible

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tls127

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<3 seulgi as well

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Copium_

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I mean idk I saw seulgi liking ds tweets. surely they accidently like the tweet right. My goat seulgi would never

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hiroshi_kenji

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and 90% of their article are even so easy to create with chat gpt

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It's funny because for someone new as a Journalist, he's actually doing a better job than George; whatever George reported are most likely have been leaked or posted already so I don't know what the fuck does this guy is waffling about, calling James_ff a basement dweller when they are both doing the same thing, on the same field. Fuck this ego maniac.

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tomato211222

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Its also funny you call someone who dosent have any skill set except watching streams and getting info "journalist" he is isnt atleast yet

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tls127

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Going through multiple streams and playing back the entire stream to find a ss is unironically harder than dming people on twitter to find stuff out

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tomato211222

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its easy as you just have to spot when they bring the friend list out then go back to the vod from ss
i have done it before when i was having a break from uni and it isnt that hard
And who said that they only leak stuff after its been posted most of the stuff george reported was before and some after
and Valorant_Intel also puts stuff early but no one talks about that

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Karmine_Org_WhispeR

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finding reliable multiple sources and streams to disseminate to the community is what you would call a journalist, even if hes new he would still be classified as one

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WinterZ20

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least obvious geddes/eutalyx alt

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kapteN

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To be completely fair, George only posting after it’s already been posted or leaked is exactly what a good journalist should be doing.

If you don’t check/verify your facts, you’re just a celebrity gossip tabloid writer, not a journalist.

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tomato211222

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So lets forget george was and is still one of the most reliable reporters in the world.
Even Valorant Intel too
and i dont think you count taking a ss a skill set

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Nachtel

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Going through hours of vods takes a lot more skill than dming someone in a team's coaching staff lol

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tomato211222

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Natchel with respect your posts have always been respectable but someone like d_santos has way more skill set than james_ff i dont know why you have to disrespect every other journalist
And whats your point so having connections to gain info is not good thats why james_ff is the best reporter? Journalism is very tough and gaining connections isnt as easy as you think

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Nachtel

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I'm not saying james_ff is a good reporter yet, I just dont think he deserves all this hate from other reporters.

as for ds_santos. link me to anything he's ever made that requires skill

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tomato211222

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Writing is a skill set. Its so funny to see that vlr hates d_santos saying replace him with chatgpt damn

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Nachtel

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Give me 30 minutes and ill write your average d_santos article

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yukky

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dont forget 20 links in your article

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tomato211222

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yukky all you know is hating on people who actually do work for a living which you probably cant even do

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yukky

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santos skill LMAOOOOOO?

he just churns out long ass articles that can be summed up in 2 sentences that are about old ass news or a sentence long tweet

james's worst post will 10x more interesting than santo's best post

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tomato211222

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You write brotha you probably wont even be able to write two lines
Wtf has james very posted scrimbux but not articles they are different my friend d_santos can actually go to a world news brodcast and apply for a journalist position unlike james_ff and all you do is laugh at people who do great work

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i can write like that not that hard, got my chat gpt running up and my 8th grade writing ability

santos is not gonna a journalism job with his writing LMAOOOOOO

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tomato211222

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"ChatGPT" see this is the problem with all you vlr users you dont appreciate something and yes chatgpt can be programmed to take ss from streams

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yukky

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chat gpt can write better articles than all these fraud vlr journalists but it can't take screenshots like james

nice try owned buddy

please hop off their dick at this point ur asshole might prolapse

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Copium_

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nah the dick eating for santos is crazy ngl

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tomato211222

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Your talking really

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kapteN

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? Why you talking to me ?¿?

I’m agreeing with you, moron

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tomato211222

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i didnt mean to reply to you sorry kapteN

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So you would call him a world class journalist that reports news that was already posted, and has people to give him his own source in the dms but wouldn't classify James_ff as a new journalist?

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tomato211222

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Have you ever watched World News if something very big happens all the news channels report it.
So now the news channel is bad??? They all bring something new but when something very big happens everyone reports it
And you realize that making connections isnt as easy as you think it is its a slow process and needs a skill set
He isnt a journalist yet

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Karmine_Org_WhispeR

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I never said he was bad? He's a good journalist in his field. All I'm saying is if you consider George a world class journalist then atleast acknowledge James_ff as a rookie. He's new but discrediting him as a journalist is just sad.

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Firstly i never discredited james_ff you just cant call him a journalist yet "yet" journalism is a slow and time taking work building connections are not easy and you need set of skills to do it and james_ff has to learn these skills

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Karmine_Org_WhispeR

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james_ff has to learn these skills

Skills like what? attacking someone new to the field because hes more reliable than your shit?

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tomato211222

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Skills sets like writing articles communication skills
I don't agree with them hating on james_ff but what i am pissed at is vlr hating on these people saying they are not journalists

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Karmine_Org_WhispeR

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They probably did it because of how unprofessional the two hooligans were, but I agree with you let's not call them fake journalists

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gatekeeping journalism in an fps game is just insanely cringe, get off your high horse @eutalyx

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Esports journalism is horrendous.
"I know what's going to happen but I'm not going to tell you!"

Compared to Fabrizio Romano:

sleeps 4 hours a day so he doesn't miss anything
tells everything he knows
gives football fans hope

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GreyDaze

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Fabrizio the goat

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WinterZ20

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real shit man

james probably puts in 10x more work than peddes and whotalyx combined

someone needs to give those 2 a reality check, I'd much rather read something that james posted than whatever these 2 elitists have to say in any of their articles

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h786

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your memory seems to be dwindling. eutalyx has been working on this site for a long time and was fast at it too, its only now that he has a dedicated team around him that his workload has eased a bit. its unfortunate that james is being villified but its also not right to put him on a pedestal.

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WinterZ20

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read any eutalyx article vs any james_ff post

idk abt you but me personally I find james' posts 10x more informative than any article that eutalyx ever wrote, ntm he's working with none of the luxuries that enigma has like connections and other writers helping him

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h786

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It's unfair to dismiss the work of James simply because he's in the early stages of his career and primarily posts scrim results. His contributions are valuable in their own way, and with time and effort, he will undoubtedly develop a more comprehensive set of sources. That said, it's equally unjust to criticize George and Eutalyx, who have earned their reputations and connections through hard work. They too started from the bottom and climbed their way up; their success should not be trivialized to elevate someone who has yet to establish himself.

I honestly thing VLR's criticisms really stem from trivial grudges rather than actual issues with the content. The casual meme of Eutalyx, nicknaming him poopastyx and labeling him as overly sensitive, or faulting George for his actions and personality, detracts from the bigger picture. Integrity is the most important in this industry and can bludgen ur career early on.

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yukky

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what was your chat gpt prompt lmk

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WinterZ20

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It's unfair to dismiss the work of James simply because he's in the early stages of his career and primarily posts scrim results. His contributions are valuable in their own way, and with time and effort, he will undoubtedly develop a more comprehensive set of sources. That said, it's equally unjust to criticize George and Eutalyx, who have earned their reputations and connections through hard work. They too started from the bottom and climbed their way up; their success should not be trivialized to elevate someone who has yet to establish himself.

the point in my second paragraph still stands, ur chatgpt article doesnt do a thing to change my mind

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h786

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you do you ig, not arguing further if you can't understand. also, it's subjective to say you find James' posts more informative.

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yukky

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I don't get where their egos come from? They churn out articles about a sentence long tweet and think they deserve some sort of respect? So fucking weird. No one on this website really pays attention to their articles either way, and just use the comments of their articles to farm upvotes or shit/bait post.

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just like everyone can run podcast nowadays and spread misinformation.

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Journalists are already a bottom tier profession, they have to clickbait everything, even in more profitable industries imagine bottom tier journalist are these E-sports journos, an industry that's losing money, these bottom dwellers think they're above anyone lmfao fuck gueddes that rumor chatgpt